Rerailing device



May 31, 1932 G. B. MARABLE 1,861,313

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ATTORNEYS Patented May 31, 1932 GEORGE B. MARABLE, FVv ltOIRWOOD,l OHIO IQJERAILIIWG` DEVICE Application mea November 4,1930. serial No. 493,313.

In re-railing a car or locomotive by pulling it back upon the tracks, it is necessary to have u. device which will lift the Wheels and their flanges over the top of the track or rail so that the flange can properly seat upon the inside of the rail. Devices for producing this result which have previously been constructed, have been deficient in that they have not been properly adjustable with reference to the rails, and it has been diflicult and time consuming to jack the wheels into such a position as to contact with the rerailing device. These previous devices have also been so constructed as to require a considerable amount I5 of time to properly place them in position and securely maintain them in place.

@ne of the objects of my invention is to provide a re-railing device whichV may be y placed in a great many positions with ref'- 26" erence to the tracks so that the car Wheels can be brought into contact with them quickly and with facility.

Another object of' my invention is to provide a re-railing device which will absolutely insure the placing of the flanged wheels on to the tracks properly.

^/linother object of my invention is to provide a re-railing device which can be easily Y and quickly placed into position and removed 20' with the same facility after the car wheels have been placed upon the tracks.

Another object of my invention is to produce a rerailing device which is strong and simple and yet comparatively inexpensive. In the particular embodiment of my invention selected for illustration:

Figure 1 is aplan of a section of tracks with a pair of my re-railing devices secured in position for use,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the track with my re-railing device placed in position for use,

Fig. 3 is a perspective of a portion of the 4track with one of my re-railers secured in position, and

Fig. 4 is a detail of a clamp for securing the re-railers in position.

Referring now to the drawings, my rerailer consists of a suitable base 5 which is 59 preferably of less cross-sectional area at the end fwhere it is-placedrincontact with the track rail than thebase 6 or the trackrail fr'. Suitableapertures not shown maybe provided in the'flangedrbase 5` Vof the rerailery `8, through which spikes may be driven in' attachinglthefdevice tothe cross-ties 9. As will bev hereinafter described, i t is; preferable to'havelthese aperturesthrough the 'flange inv order to secure the device tothe cross-ties. However, Iprovide'a clamp otsuch utility that the spi-'kes'maylbe altogether omitted. Extending Vup' fromthe base 5f there a web or rib similar tothe web of 'the track railsf. `The webil() is'tapered at its outer end 11 so that the cro-wnlQ` at this end slopes down'alrrost'tothe base v5, but 4at the other end of the web where the re-railer comes into `Contact with the trackfrail, the web is of such height that the crown '12 may be set upon' the top ofthe track rail when placed in' position for use.

My novel'clamp, lsee particularly F 4, consists of: aatbase 13eme end part 14 of which bent upwardly and inwardly `at an inclination to the base 13 whereby lit is adaptedto seat upon the top of theiilanged bottom 4@ofA` theitrack rail with the base 13 ofthe 'clamp fitting snugly against theibottomxotthe base 6. At its other end the clamp. is 'bent substantially perpen'dicularly at 15y to the base-13, and the upper portion of thepart'l is bent inwardly at 16 tobe in a plane substantially parallel to the base `13.

Iuassembling the re-railer for use the clamp has'its'p'o'rtion 14. seated on the topof the flange base 6 and thenthe re-railer is slid into 'place as 'shown .in Fig. 3 so that its flangedlba'se `5 Ais wedged between the members land: lofthe' clamp and the outside ofthe topof thebase of the trackrail. The bottom of one side oi the crown 12 being a flangedmember'willn seat upon the top" of the track rail. Itcan be seen that since the placing ofthere-railer into the clamp produces a Wedgin'g action, it isnot essential that spikes bedriven through the reerailer into' the cross ties. However, to insure'their maintenance in proper position, it isusually preferable that several spikes be driven through the re-railersinto the cross-ties.

Vhile the invention has been described above in its preferred form, it will be obvious that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or scope thereof and it is therefore desired that only such limitations may be imposed thereon as are necessitated by the prior art or specifically set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A re-railer device comprising a rail having a flanged base, a substantially straightedged crown on said rail adapted to seat on the top of a track rail and the flanged base adapted to seat on the top of the flange of the track rail, and removable means for holding said rail in seated position on the track rail.

2. A re-railer device comprising a rail element of substantially I-beam form and of substantially the height of the track rail with which it is used, except in its approach end part, where it slopes downwardly to its approach end, and means for holding the opposite end of said element to the track rail with parts of its top and bottom flanges at one side overlapping the head and base flange, respectively, of the track rail.

3. A rerailer device comprising a rail element of substantially I-beam form and of substantially the height of the track rail with which it is used, except in its approach end part, where it slopes downwardly to its approach end, and means for holding the opposite end of said element to the track rail with parts of its top and bottom flanges at one side overlapping the head and base flange, respectively, of the track rail, said approach end part being materially wider than the remainder of the length of the top flange of said element and merging into said top flange.

4. A re-railer device comprising a rail element of substantially I-beam form andof substantially the height of the track rail with which itis used, except in its approach end part, where it slopes downwardly to its approach end, and means for holding the opposite end of said element to the track rail with parts of its top and bottom flanges at one side overlapping the head and base flange, respectively, of the track rail, said top flange being substantially straight from said approach end part to the opposite end of the element.

5. A re-rail'er device comprising a rail element of substantially I-beam form and of substantially the height of the track rail with which it is used, except in its approach end part, Where it slopes downwardly to its approach end, and means for holding the opposite end of said element to the track rail witlrpartsv of its top and bottom flanges at one side overlapping the head and base flange,

opposite end of the element.

GEORGE B. MARABLE. 

